1999 HWCI NCAA Pool Update

Sunday, March 14, 1999                       http://www.HWCI.com/ncaa
Issue # 6.2.2 "And they all fall down..."

                     1999 HWCI NCAA TOURNAMENT POOL
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     MIAMI ADVANCES BUT IT'S OF OHIO, NOT FLORIDA AS TOP SEEDS FALL
           Max Power powers to first with six of eight correct

     LA MIRADA, CA (smt)-  The Sweet Sixteen will feature five 
double-digit seeds (three #10, one #12, and one #13 seeds) for the 
first time ever as five top seeds fell today.  #12E-SW Missouri St.
rolled all over #4E-Tennessee, #6E-Temple took care of #3E-Cincy
(who once again failed to live up to expectations), #10E-Purdue
suprised #2E-Miami, FL, #13MW-Okalahoma beat #5MW-UNCC, and 
#10MW-Miami, OH muscled their way past #2MW-Utah.  The best matchup
was classic as #3MW-Kentucky needed overtime to take care of a
young #6MW-Kansas team.  Even #1MW-Michigan St. struggled with
#9-Mississippi before pulling away.  The only constant was #1E-Duke
walloping #9E-Tulsa by 41 points (the same margin as Duke's first
round win over Florida A&M).  

    The Big Ten puts four teams in the Sweet Sixteen with Purdue in
the East, Michigan St. in the Midwest, Ohio St. in the South, and
Iowa in the West.  Three of the four Final Four teams from last year
are out (Kentucky nearly made it all four) with Utah losing today
and Stanford and UNC losing earlier this week.  

     Just three people picked SW Missouri St., just four picked
Temple, and only one picked Purdue.  And MAX POWER did all three to 
easily win the day with a 6-2 record and took over first place
with 81 points.  TRUE BRUIN continues to set all types of record lows
with least wins today (tied with 2), least wins in second round (5),
and least points after 2 rounds (43).  But the news is bad for others
as well as seven people have been eliminated from any money and only 
20 can have a chance to win first place (see website for details).

     NEW FEATURE:  Shout out your frustrations and comments (or some
good-old gloating) on the HWCI NCAA Discussion Forum.  It's located
at:  http://www.hwci.com/forum/wwwboard.html or just link from the
main webapge.  Please visit and post your thoughts on the pool.

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Who's left??...
Scott HW